CAROUSEL

Pretty Elaina, my fair lady

She walked the high wire back in the '80s

Feathers and sequins, she shined like a chandelier

Hanging from the top tent rafters

'Til the spotlight disappeared

Harlan Giovanni, what a sight to see

The way he earned her trust was on a 20 foot trapeze

She fell so hard because he always let her fly

'Til he left her heart suspended in a cotton candy sky

She still don't know why

Every show must end, every circus leaves town

You don't know the magic's gone until the lights go down

Now she's back in Nacogdoches

And I hear she's doing well

She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

Pretty Elaina made herself a nest

Her sequins and her secrets buried in the cedar chest

No one around here knows about her other life

Johnny Davis went and made her a mama and a wife

And maybe that's alright

'Cause every show must end, every circus leaves town

You don't know the magic's gone until the lights go down

Now she's back in Nacogdoches

And I hear she's doing well

She only misses Harlan when she hears a carousel

Smith Country Fair

Mid-September

She walks the midway

And smiles when she remembers

Every show must end, every circus leaves town

I didn't know the magic left 'til all the lights went down

Now I'm back in Nacogdoches

And I swear I'm doing well

I only miss my Harlan when I hear a carousel

I only miss my Harlan when I hear the carousel